Is there a utility to query the dictionary in the J session without causing
a web browser to open?

It'd be similar to context sensitive help but brings the result text right
into the session. It might need some logic to reformat the HTML into a
readable plain text representation

Along those sames lines, is there a way to invoke the help without using
context sensitive help? Something like  help ';' even if that opens up the
browser that could be helpful instead of searching manually or typing the
word and hitting ctrl+f1

If it's not written already, it looks like it wouldn't be too much work
using jqt as a starting point

require '~addons/ide/qt/help.ijs'
require '~addons/web/gethttp/gethttp.ijs'

help=:conew 'jqtide'


] page=.helpsel__help ';'

NB. dictionary/d330


gethttp_wgethttp_ 'http://www.jsoftware.com/help/',page,'.htm'

As mentioned, this would need some parsing logic to make it more readable
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